Ansa – the app that lets you delete messages off other people’s phones – has landed

Very few of us can say we’ve never sent a message we later regretted. Whether it’s a drunken text to an ex at 3am, an accidental email to your boss (slagging off your job, natch), or an extra spiteful mid-argument jibe, we’ve all had times when we’ve wished we could take back a message the second we pressed send.

Ansa was the brainchild of 23-year-old Natalie Bryla, and bills itself as ‘the safest place to let go, and be yourself with friends’.

Like popular messaging app Snapchat, Ansa messages (which can take the form of photos, videos and drawings as well as words) can be set to expire mere seconds after being viewed. But Ansa takes things one step further by also allowing users to remotely delete messages they’ve sent off other people’s devices.

Yes, it’s basically the app we’ve been waiting for all our lives. Hallelujah.